Al-Anbiya Ayah 72

أَيَّتُهَا الْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسٰارِقُونَ [1]

[Qur’an 12:70] M. H. Shakir: So when he had furnished them with their provision, he placed the drinking-cup in his brother's bag, then a crier cried out: O caravan! you are most surely thieves.

ثُمَّ قَالَ:وَ اللَّهِ مَا سَرَقُوا،وَ مَا كَذَبَ.ثُمَّ تَلاَ: بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هٰذٰا فَسْئَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كٰانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ .ثُمَّ قَالَ:وَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلُوهُ،وَ مَا كَذَبَ».

Then he said: By Allah, they did not steal, and he did not lie. Then he recited: Nay! this was done by their biggest one; so ask them, if they can speak. Then he said: By Allah, they did not do it, and he did not lie.

بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هٰذٰا فَسْئَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كٰانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ

[Qur’an 21:63] M. H. Shakir: He said: Nay! this was done by their biggest one; so ask them, if they can speak.

99-/7166 _12- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:عَنْ أَبِيهِ(رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ،عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ،عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي قِصَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): قٰالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هٰذٰا فَسْئَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كٰانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ .قَالَ:«مَا فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ،وَ مَا كَذَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)». قُلْتُ:وَ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ؟قَالَ:«إِنَّمَا قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): فَسْئَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كٰانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ ،إِنَّ نَطَقُوا فَكَبِيرُهُمْ فَعَلَهُ،وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَنْطِقُوا فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ كَبِيرُهُمْ شَيْئاً،فَمَا نَطَقُوا،وَ مَا كَذَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)».

**99-/7166 _12-) Ibn Bābawayh: from his father (may Allah have mercy on him), who said: Muhammad b. Yahyā al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Ahmad, from Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim, from Ṣāliḥ b. Saʿīd, from a man of our companions, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him). He said: I asked him about the word of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, in the story of Abraham (peace be upon him): He said: Nay! this was done by their biggest one; so ask them, if they can speak. He said: “Their biggest one did not do it, and Abraham (peace be upon him) did not lie.” I said: And how is that? He said: “Abraham (peace be upon him) only said: so ask them, if they can speak. If they speak, then their biggest one did it; and if they do not speak, then their biggest one did nothing. They did not speak, and Abraham (peace be upon him) did not lie.”

قوله تعالى:

وَ وَهَبْنٰا لَهُ إِسْحٰاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ نٰافِلَةً وَ كُلاًّ جَعَلْنٰا صٰالِحِينَ [72]

[Qur’an 21:72] M. H. Shakir: And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub as a grandson, and We made (them) all good.

99-/7167 _1- علي بن إبراهيم،قال:ولد الولد،و هو يعقوب.

**99-/7167 _1-) ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm said: “The child of one’s child (grandchild)—and that is Yaʿqūb.”

99-/7168 _2- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:عَنْ أَبِيهِ(رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ،عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ [2]،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ،عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ وَهَبْنٰا لَهُ إِسْحٰاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ نٰافِلَةً ،قَالَ:«وَلَدُ الْوَلَدِ نَافِلَةٌ».

**99-/7168 _2-) Ibn Bābawayh: from his father (may Allah have mercy on him), who said: Ahmad b. Idrīs narrated to us, from Muhammad b. Ahmad, from ʿĪsā b. Muhammad [2], from ʿAlī b. Mahzyār, from Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Bazantī, from Yaḥyā b. ʿImrān, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), regarding the word of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub as a grandson: he said: “The child of one’s child is a nāfila (additional gift).”

قوله تعالى:

وَ جَعَلْنٰاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنٰا وَ أَوْحَيْنٰا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرٰاتِ -إلى قوله تعالى- وَ كٰانُوا لَنٰا عٰابِدِينَ [73]

[Qur’an 21:73] M. H. Shakir: And We made them imams who guided (people) by Our command, and We revealed to them the doing of good and the keeping up of prayer and the giving of the alms, and Us (alone) did they serve.

99-/7169 _3- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُفَضَّلِ(رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَاذَانَ بْنِ خَبَّابٍ [3]

**99-/7169 _3-) Ibn Bābawayh said: Abū al-Mufaḍḍal (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated to us; he said: Muhammad b. ʿAlī b. Shādhān b. Khabbāb [3] narrated to me…

Footnotes:

_12) معاني الأخبار:1/209. - Maʿānī al-Akhbār: 1/209.

_1) تفسير القمّيّ 2:73. - Tafsīr al-Qummī 2:73.

_2) معاني الأخبار:224. - Maʿānī al-Akhbār: 224.

_3) كفاية الأثر:297. - Kifāyat al-Athar: 297.

[1] يوسف 12:70. - Yūsuf 12:70.

[2] في المصدر:محمّد بن أحمد بن عيسى بن محمّد. - Fī al-maṣdar: Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʿĪsā b. Muḥammad.

[3] في المصدر:ابن حباب. - Fī al-maṣdar: Ibn Ḥabāb.